2026 Virginia Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Virginia
Largest wildfires in Virginia this season
All 2026 Virginia Fires · 4 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Virginia. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed the border is listed with the acres that burned in Virginia, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Virginia is listed too, at its Virginia acres, and is not added to the Virginia fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Hollow Fire | Rockbridge | Jul 6, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 108 | 37.8578, -79.2130 | 37.8581, -79.2136 |
| Malvern Hill Rx Fire | Henrico | Mar 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 40 | 37.4134, -77.2523 | 37.4106, -77.2564 |
| Maintenance Fire | Suffolk | Sep 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 36.6125, -76.5560 | 36.6156, -76.5531 |
| Switzer Lake Fire | Rockingham | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 38.5736, -79.1414 | 38.5736, -79.1414 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 4 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 148 |
Land cover · Virginia 2026
Burned acres in Virginia for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · Virginia 2026
Burned forest acres in Virginia for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · Virginia 2026
Burned acres in Virginia for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.